Remote Control

Remote Control (abbreviated RC) is a skill that lets you use bots and capture ships of a tech level up to your Remote Control level. For example, if you have Remote Control 5 you may only use tech 5 or less ships. Remote control requires Piloting skill of equal or greater level. For more information, see the section at the bottom of the page.

Each level of RC gives a bonus +1500 shield to slaves, maxing out at +27,000 at level 18, 28500 at level 19, 30,000 at level 20.

It costs 3 skill points per level. The credit cost is equal to level^3*1000.

Where to Train

Location	Station	Accessibility	Level	Requirements	Notes
Lavanite	Lava Visions		2	1 Blue Whisper	Space Blue Alpha Scout drop and mined in Blue Outpost
Glass Matrix	Ice Matrix		4	1 Blue Aether	Space Blue Alpha drop
Blue Royal Court (Colored Empires)	Blue Palace		5	1 Azure Essence	Azurite drop
Blue Royal Court (Colored Empires)	Refraction Station		6	1 Zircon Essence	Zircon drop
Prism	Refraction Station		6	1 Blue Vapor	Space Blue Beta drop and mined at Blue Outpost
Biologique	Embryonic	P2P only	10	1 Blue Dust	Space Blue Gamma drop
Serpica	Scale Center		14	1 Traginium	Mined in Bonnet and rarely in Arena Lobby
The End of the Universe	Restaurant at the End of the Universe	P2P only	16	5 Giant Goblets	Big Green and Bigger Green drop
Beta Antares	Beta Antares Shipyards		17	1 Gargantuan Goblets	Green Battleship drop
Lunacy	Sonata Asylum		18	1 Mad Scientist's Other Brain	Mad Scientist drop (NOTE: This is not 'Mad Scientist's Brain')
Beta Antares	Beta Antares Shipyards	P2P only	19	1 Red Photon Prototype Blueprint (Mission Based)	Red Photon Warship Prototype drop (NOTE: Requires Piloting 21 to unlock mission 'Remote Dominance')
Lyceum Research Concourse	Lyceum Subspace Research Station	P2P only	20	1 Undamaged Aveksaka Cortex (Mission Based)	25% chance to drop from any tech 22 boss (NOTE: Requires Piloting 22 to unlock Aveksaka Cortex)

Other Important Information

• • Trade slots: (Remote Control + Bot Research) * 2
  • Combat slots: (Remote Control + Bot Research) * 2 + 8 (if you have Bot Ph.D.)
  • Wild slots: Remote Control * 2 * 1.5(if you have Wild Man)
  • Trade bots: Remote Control + Bot Research – Minimum of two.
  • Combat bots: (Remote Control + Bot Research)/2 [Rounded up] + 2 (if you have Bot Ph.D.)

There is also a swarm limit on combat bots. The maximum number of combat bots you can have equals half of your level in Remote Control. With Remote Control 20 and Bot Research 5 , the maximum number of combat bots you can have active is 15 ((20{Remote Control}+ 5(Bot Research)/2 + 2(if you have Bot Ph.D)) There are exceptions for levels 1-3, level 1 allows 1 bot, level 2 and 3 both allow 2 bots. The swarm limit doesn't apply to wild bots.

When activating a bot a note in events gives you an update as to how many slots you have left. This doesn't apply to wild bots because there is no way to make a docked ship into a wild bot.